Thursday, 29 May 2014

For those of you who don't know, Shipp played Barry Allen in the 1990 version of The Flash. Here is the statement :

Given
his history with The Flash, Andrew [Kreisberg], Geoff [Johns] and I
could only think of one person we wanted to play Barry's father and that
was John Wesley Shipp," Flash executive producer Greg Berlanti
said in a statement. "He gives a fantastic and emotional performance in
the pilot and we are looking forward to his presence in many more
episodes. Also, personally, it was just wonderful to work with him again
since my days at Dawson's Creek. He's a great actor and a great guy.

"She was always intended to be an Easter egg. I don’t want people to go
in with incorrect expectations and walk away from Episode 16
disappointed. But there is an element to the Easter egg that was not
spoiled by the promo, that I think people will find a lot of fun."

Thanks to Michael Rowe, who plays Deadshot in the series, we have our first real look at Harley Quinn, as portrayed by actress Cassidy Alexa. He posted the set photo above to his instagram page. From left to right in the photo we have John Diggle, Shrapnel, Lyla, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Amanda Waller, and Bronze Tiger.

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

In LEGO Batman 3: Beyond Gotham, the Caped Crusader joins forces with the super heroes of the DC Comics Universe and blasts off to outer space to stop the evil Brainiac from destroying Earth. Using the power of the Lantern Rings, Brainiac shrinks worlds to add to his twisted collection of miniature cities from across the universe. Now the greatest super heroes and the most cunning villains must unite and journey to different Lantern Worlds to collect the Lantern Rings and stop Brainiac before it's too late.

The Canadian network Teletoon is slated to air the Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite animated feature on Saturday, June 7th, 2014 at 10:00am (ET/). Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite
is the full-length animated feature film based on the popular TT
Animation video game. The film was released last year to home video last
year, garnering critical acclaimed and positive feedback. Details and
images from the 2013 animated feature can be found below.

Thursday, 22 May 2014

Without a doubt, Batman: The Animated Series forever impacted
the world and legend of the Dark Knight, in ways that still echo into
today. Continuing this week's five-day "Batman: An Animated Celebration"
event, we're giving readers 5.2 Ways Batman: The Animated Series Impacted the Dark Knight!

Friday, 16 May 2014

This year’s Doug Wright Awards,
which recognizes excellence in Canadian comics and cartooning, will be
honouring the Canadian Whites, a group of artists and comics that
birthed a roster of forgotten Canadian heroes in the World War II era.
Two living members of the group will be on hand to accept the Giants of
the North hall of fame award on Saturday evening in Toronto. The awards
are a feature event at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival.

Please click on the link above to read this entire article! Some great work, some great history, some great Canadians.

Bill Finger
named Batman's city after seeing a phone book listing for "Gotham
Jewelers," and Michael found a February 1938 ad for the company in a
digital newspaper archive. Here's another, from June, from the same Yonkers, NY paper:

Blule's
work artfully captures superheroes in just a few colors. Splatters,
drips, and the bleed of colors into each other gives a fantastic sense
of motion to the icons she's chosen as subjects. Below, see more of Blule's work. More can be seen (and prints bought) at her store.

This is a little heavy, but inspiring at the same time. Years ago I became aware that a particular superhero, who has
entertained millions of people, had special appeal to the traumatized
children who visited my office. I had a hunch that a trauma had inspired
the creation of this superhero. See if you think my hunch was correct.

Kane advised that, “Bruce Wayne should be played as a
psychologically disturbed eccentric.” Then he admitted, “I drew Bruce
Wayne in my own image.”

Bruce Wayne describes the trauma as the night “all sense left my
life.” This is the changed attitude about life that is a hallmark of
traumatized children.

Tuesday, 6 May 2014

At first, DC Comics didn't much like the fact that we were not serious
enough for adults. However, when they saw their book sales dramatically
increase, they began to love us, as did the Japanese color TV
manufacturers. They became big fans, of course. Our TV series and our
older Batman movie tuned in to the vivid colors and escapism of the '60s.

The new trailer for the new Batman TV series Gotham, which will star Ben McKenzie
as Detective Jim Gordon on the hunt for the man responsible for the
murders of Bruce Wayne’s parents. The trailer gives us a quick rundown
of the younger versions of such notorious Gotham City criminals as the
Penguin, Riddler, Catwoman and Poison Ivy, all while showing us the boy
who would eventually grow up to become Batman.

Later this summer NECA will be unleashing Super Freddy. This makes so
much sense for a Comic Con exclusive. The toy features an 8.5 inch
height, classic felt costume with a cape, and our hero even has his own
superhero logo!